Common  Checkered - Skipper, Male and Female
 Hesperiidae  Pyrginae  Pyrgus communis


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Female - May 8, 2006, Goshen Canyon, Utah County, Utah
face


Female
- May 8, 2006, Goshen Canyon, Utah County, Utah
dorsal view

Female
- May 8, 2006, Goshen Canyon, Utah County, Utah
face and ventral view

Female
- May 8, 2006, Goshen Canyon, Utah County, Utah
ventral view

Male - Just after emerging from pupa
Male just after emerging from pupa

Male - September 16, 2005, Albion Basin, Salt Lake County, Utah
male has long black and white hairs on top
          of head and has blue gray tinge, female look black with small
          spots, fringes checkered halfway, caterpillar host is mallow
          and hollyhock

Male
- September 16, 2005, Albion Basin, Salt Lake County, Utah
male has long black and white hairs on top of head and
          has blue gray tinge, female look black with small spots,
          fringes checkered halfway, caterpillar host is mallow and
          hollyhock

Male
male has long black and white hairs on top of head and
          has blue gray tinge, female look black with small spots,
          fringes checkered halfway, caterpillar host is mallow and
          hollyhock

Male
- September 16, 2005, Albion Basin, Salt Lake County, Utah
male has long black and white hairs on top of head and
          has blue gray tinge, female look black with small spots,
          fringes checkered halfway, caterpillar host is mallow and
          hollyhock


At Mercur, Tooele County
4

5

Photo Details - ŠNicky Davis
Female
1., 2., 3., 4.   May 8, 2006 - Goshen Canyon, Utah County, Utah

Male
1.  Adult that hatched June 25, 2007
2., 3,. 4., 5.  September 16, 2005, Albion Basin, Salt Lake County, Utah

Butterfly at Mercur, Tooele County, Utah 9 October 2016

Other
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GLOBEMALLOW  -  or  -   HOLLYHOCK

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